Dear Long Beach resident, local organic farmer, community gardener, chef or food provider, On September 25, 2011 T’sSpace in collaboration with Farm Lot 59, Beach Greens, Long Beach Produce Exchange and 2cc (2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space) are hosting a Local Community Harvest Dinner. This event is designed to celebrate the nourishing [...]
Volunteers Needed for a Tree Care Day
July 27, 2011 By
Wrigley is Going Green is organizing another tree care day as a follow up to our 2007 tree planting. Saturday, July 30, 9 a.m. meet on the median at Daisy Avenue and Hill Street We will be trimming branches, removing nursery stakes and lodge poles, along with weeding, fertilizing and watering where necessary. For those [...]
Free Residential Landscape Classes
July 20, 2011 By
Free Residential Landscape Classes Save the Water: Grass lawns require more water and chemicals per foot and cause more runoff than almost any other kind of landscape! About 50 percent of the water used at the average home is for landscape irrigation. Save the Planet: Grass lawns are responsible for much of our urban runoff, runoff carrying [...]
March 17, 2011 By
In case you were wondering what Farm Box is all about here is a summary of how it works. Our next pick up is March 30th at Bella Cosa, 3803 Atlantic Ave, in Bixby Knolls. The pick up hours to 5-6:30. Each box is $30. If you would like to try it out for one [...]
February 21, 2011 By
The last bastions of Urban Agriculture need to be protected. More than the right to coexist, these dusty roads are historic, they need to be protected and revered. Once we have run them out of town, there will be no looking back. Many, many mistakes have been made in the name of progress and we [...]
Wrigley Garden Volunteer Days on Hiatus
February 4, 2011 By
Hello volunteers- Thank you so much for logging countless hours at Wrigley Garden. I hope you have learned something by coming by on our Friday volunteer days. We had many school groups come for a tour, seed starting lessons, chicken 101, planting tips and on and on. I am putting our volunteer days on hiatus. [...]
February Happenings
February 2, 2011 By
Write up in the California Heights Newsletter
January 30, 2011 By
Thank you John and California Heights for the article in your newsletter and for organizing the clean up effort on February 19th. See you all there! For the newsletter in its entirety please click here. A Future for Willow Gulch? Most of you have driven past Willow Gulch without giving it a glance. Why would [...]
Connected Corridor Grant Plants Seed For Growing Green Roots Sponsored Art Project at Roosevelt Elementary School
January 15, 2011 By
Growing Green Roots (GGR) is the recipient of a grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) as part of Phase 4 of the Leadership Long Beach Atlantic Corridor Project, popularly referred to as the Connected Corridor. The grant will help support GGR’s efforts to foster artistic expression in children while supporting education about sustainability [...]